Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for Crawford Communications Paul Hansil announced that Yvonne B. Matherne has joined Crawford Communications, Inc. as Marketing Manager for the electronic media company. Matherne joins Crawford from the Atlanta based national headquarters of the American Association of Occupational Health Nurses, Inc. where she was Communications Manager. Matherne previously held positions with The Brylski Company, a public relations firm, Girl Scouts, and Volunteers of America. Matherne has also been an active member of the International Association of Business Commmunicators, serving on the boards of the Atlanta and New Orleans chapters. Crawford Communications offers a variety of video and audio services for the telecommunications industry.

Crawford also announces that as of April 28 FilmGroup, its film processing and transfer service area, has ceased formal operations. Crawford Post Production will assume operation of select standard-definition and high-definition transfer and color correction services. This decision was made as the company prepares to move into its new facility and focuses its efforts toward high end post production and satellite services and was announced by Bill Thompson, Vice President of Crawford Post Production. The Philips Spirit Datacine andd DaVinci 2K Color Corrector will continue to be operated by Colorists D. C. Cardinali and Dave Pickett, supported by Assistant Mark Hershner. Crawford will relocate to its new 135,000 square foot state of the art facility at 3845 Pleasantdale Road in Atlanta with a scheduled move completion date of September 30.